(Closed) When you see “Cake and Punch” reception, what do you expect?

My significant other and I have chosen an afternoon garden wedding, and although it was not mentioned on the original invitation, as a part of the RSVP process guests have recieved all sorts of information including that the reception will be “cake and punch” The wedding is at 2 the reception is at 3. If you were attending, exactly what would you expect to be at the reception? What does “cake and punch” mean to you?

I agree with the girls above. It seems pretty straight forward to me that it’s dessert only and no alcohol.

I think if I was you, I would just be concerned that people gloss over it, not necessarily not understand it. I think lots of girls here have said that they’ve sent out invites & will still get asked when the date is. So, I would make sure it was on the wedding website & use word of mouth to emphasize it.

Short and sweet reception with no meal, no alcohol and no dancing. I agree with those that say you should be prepared for some of your guests to still be surprised as not everyone reads invitations thoroughly. Some of our guests have been surprised to hear that our wedding is in the morning even though the time is right there on the invite!

Ok, I just wanted to ask, because I have been verbally reinforcing this at work by saying–wedding is at 2, reception is at 3 just cake and punch. Today I was asked, “So no chicken salad or anything” And she was shocked when I said, no, there will be a giant blue wedding cake, diet and regular lemonade, petit fours and napkins :P, but it is at 3 so everyone else can go out to dinner and hangout with eachother afterwards. She acted like I was insane.

I think it sounds great!!! I would probably still expect alcohol (is that an Australian thing? our punch is often alcoholic and I would expect champagne too maybe bc Australians tend to have booze at every event) but I wouldn’t be overly surprised to see it wasn’t there (I would tell myself “well they said cake and punch so what did you expect”). This is the kind of reception I keep thinking people should have if they a) don’t want to spend a fortune and/or b) are expected to invite 300 people. Sounds lovely to me.